CCP Games Unveils EVE Academy, a Resource Hub Dedicated to Helping Players Find a Career Path in EVE Online

The living website offers insightful videos, guides, and articles to help Capsuleers embark on their intergalactic journey after completing the tutorial

Reykjavík, Iceland – June 13, 2021 – Today, CCP Games – creator of the player-driven spacefaring MMO EVE Online – officially launched EVE Academy, a resource website designed to assist new players forge their own path in New Eden after completing the game’s tutorial. EVE Academy houses key information about the MMO’s available career paths in one easily navigable location. It is localized in English, German, Russian, French, and Japanese, which are languages natively supported in EVE Online.

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Pearl Abyss Doubles Down on Its Western Expansion with Pearl Abyss America and Pearl Abyss Europe

Manhattan Beach, California, 4 June 2021 — Pearl Abyss, a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, announced it has opened a new office in Amsterdam and expanded its Manhattan Beach office in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The company is best known for its highly successful Black Desert franchise which has attracted over 40 million players and generated over 2 billion dollars in lifetime revenue.

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Black Desert launches Great Expedition and Sycraia content in massive update for console

Manhattan Beach, California May 27, 2021— Today, Pearl Abyss announced a massive update for Black Desert Console, adding both the Great Expedition content as well as the Sycraia Underwater Ruins, a new high-level grinding spot. The highly anticipated update brings new questlines, ships, a bartering system and various in-game events and improvements.

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CCP Games Partners with the University of Iceland to Offer Course Studying the Science of Friendship and Video Games

Online course is now available on edX.org and is accessible to anyone interested in studying how video games have created a new type of human connection

Reykjavík, Iceland – May 26, 2021 – CCP Games today announced Friendship Machine: Forming a New Type of Human Connection, an online course featuring its player-driven spacefaring MMO, EVE Online. Created in partnership with the University of Iceland, the course explores “The Friendship Machine,” or the science behind how people forge meaningful relationships and how video games have created a new type of human connection. The course is now available on edX.org and includes the first three weeks free for anyone who would like to register. Unlimited access, including the final quiz and course certificate, is available for $50 USD / €40.91 EURO / £35.19 GPB.

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EVE Online’s “Project Discovery” Wins Webby People’s Voice Award for Public Service, Activism, and Social Impact

Massively Multiplayer Online Science approaches half a billion classifications across all projects, proving video game communities are a valuable resource for scientific research at scale

Reykjavík, Iceland – May 18, 2021 – Today, CCP Games and Massively Multiplayer Online Science (MMOS) are delighted to announce that Project Discovery is the People’s Voice Winner in the Games: Public Service, Activism, and Social Impact category of the 25th Annual Webby Awards in recognition for its contributions to COVID-19 research. MMOS also revealed that it has recorded close to half a billion classifications across all its projects in the last five years, including multiple iterations of Project Discovery.

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CCP Games Celebrates New Eden’s Cornerstone Empires with the Launch of EVE Online: Foundation

EVE’s second Quadrant of 2021 also commemorates the game’s 18th anniversary with a special Capsuleer Day event

May 3rd, 2021 – Reykjavík, Iceland –Today, CCP Games revealed Foundation, the second Quadrant of 2021 for the deep and uniquely player-driven spacefaring MMORPG, EVE Online. Honoring the history and legacy of New Eden’s four empires, EVE Online: Foundation launches for free to all players on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

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EVE Online’s Project Discovery is Nominated For Best Public Service, Activism, and Social Impact Game In the 25th Annual Webby Awards

Fans Can Vote Online to Help EVE Online Win The Internet’s Top Honor: vote.webbyawards.com

April 22, 2021 – Reykjavík, Iceland – CCP Games announced today that Project Discovery, the groundbreaking citizen science project and mini-game found within EVE Online, CCP’s deep and uniquely player-driven spacefaring MMO, has been nominated for Best Public Service, Activism, and Social Impact Game in the 25th Annual Webby Awards. 

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Pearl Abyss Announces Amazon Collaboration to Make Black Desert Online Free for All Prime Gaming Members

Manhattan Beach, California April 7, 2021— Today, Pearl Abyss announced a collaboration with Amazon that will make Black Desert Online free for all Prime Gaming members from April 7 to May 5. Amazon Prime Gaming members will be able to claim new rewards each month as the campaign runs until June 30. To celebrate, the company has also announced numerous in-game rewards for both new and veteran Adventurers. 

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